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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

The Gift of Presence

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

How can we use mindfulness practically during our everyday lives, and how can "presence" be a particularly valuable tool for women? About Our Guest: Caroline Welch is the CEO and co-founder of the Mindsight Institute. Mindsight, a term coined by Dr. Dan Siegel, is our human capacity to perceive the mind of the self and others. It’s essentially a kind of focused attention that help us observe the working of our own mind, and helps get us off of the autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses. Caroline's new book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women, offers a scientifically inspired approach to a simple question: Is there a way for women to live with more calm amid the chaos?  From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.  Hardwire lasting change into your mind and heart in just a few minutes a day  with Dr. Rick Hanson's new program: Just One Minute. Use the code BEINGWELL at checkout for 10% off the purchase price! Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Key Topics: 4:00: Aspects of mindfulness that may be particularly important for women. 10:00: Pivoting, and why mindfulness can be a valuable aid to making good choices.  15:30: Do men and women experience presence differently?  18:30: The importance of representation.  21:45: Stories from the book that particularly stuck with Caroline.  24:15: Multitasking and being “in the moment.” 27:00: Pace, and the right to slow down. 29:00: Regrets of the dying.  32:00: A message to your younger self.  Connect with the show: Visit us on the web Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Being Well Podcast, I'm Forrest Hansen. I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen so Dad how are you doing?

0:15.0

I'm good and really looking forward to speaking with our guest.

0:18.0

Yeah, I'm so excited to welcome Caroline Welch to the show today. Caroline is the CEO and Welcome Caroline

0:23.7

is the CEO and co-founder with Dr. Dan Siegel of the Mindsight Institute

0:28.1

which is located in Santa Monica, California.

0:30.9

Mindsight, a term coined by Dr. Siegel, is our human capacity to perceive the mind of the self and others.

0:37.3

It's essentially a kind of focused attention that helps us observe the working of our own mind and helps get us off of the

0:43.9

autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses. If you've been

0:48.2

listening to the podcast for a while you probably know that this process of

0:51.4

psychological interreception where we can observe our mind

0:54.5

rather than being swept away by it, is in my opinion one of the most important

0:58.4

skills a person can develop. And Caroline's mission as part of the Mindsight

1:02.2

Institute is to make the science of well-being accessible for all.

1:06.0

Her new book, The Gift of Presence, A Mindfulness Guide for Women, offers a scientifically inspired approach to a simple question.

1:12.0

Is there a way for women to live with more calm amid the chaos?

1:16.2

The gift of presents has won praise from endorsers ranging from Jack Cornfield to Goldie Hahn and

1:21.2

draws on Caroline's 40 years of personal mindfulness practice.

1:26.0

Before we get into our conversation today with Caroline, I'd like to remind you about our new

1:30.4

Patreon account. We're now on Patreon and you can go to Patreon.com

1:34.5

slash Being Well Podcast if you would like to support the show. For just the cost of a

1:39.8

couple cups of coffee a month you'll get access to expanded show notes that I put together for every episode,

1:45.6

early interviews with our guest experts, the special Just One Thing episodes, the videos that we create

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